diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
index 776ac85b..613e47c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
             run: poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi
 
           - name: Build pex file
-            run: poetry run pex . -c dbt-bouncer -o dbt-bouncer.pex
+            run: poetry run pex . -c dbt-bouncer -o ./dist/dbt-bouncer.pex
 
           - name: Test pex file
-            run: ./dbt-bouncer.pex --dbt-project-dir dbt_project
+            run: ./dist/dbt-bouncer.pex --dbt-project-dir dbt_project
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/release_pipeline.yml
index a7fc7f74..d4a82c8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_pipeline.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                 run: poetry install
 
               - name: Build pex file
-                run: poetry run pex . -c dbt-bouncer -o dbt-bouncer.pex
+                run: poetry run pex . -c dbt-bouncer -o ./dist/dbt-bouncer.pex
 
               - name: Save version to env var
                 id: version
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@
               - name: Upload .pex to release
                 env:
                     GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-                run: gh release upload v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }} dbt-bouncer.pex
+                run: gh release upload v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }} ./dist/dbt-bouncer.pex
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 045fe081..3b4533ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ __pycache__/
 .Python
 build/
 develop-eggs/
-dist/
+# dist/
 downloads/
 eggs/
 .eggs/
@@ -173,4 +173,3 @@ dbt_project/target/perf_info.json
 dbt_project/target/run_results.json
 dbt_project/target/semantic_manifest.json
 dbt_project/.user.yml
-dbt-bouncer.pex
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5eb9e38b..7ddbb20b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+exclude: '^dist'
 repos:
     - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
       rev: v4.6.0
@@ -39,3 +40,11 @@ repos:
       rev: v0.21.3
       hooks:
         - id: sqlfmt
+    - repo: local
+      hooks:
+        - id: build-pex
+          entry: poetry
+          args: ['run', 'pex', '.', '-c', 'dbt-bouncer', '-o', './dist/dbt-bouncer.pex']
+          language: system
+          name: Build .pex
+          pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 0490b28b..bc850188 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ inputs:
     default: '.'
     description: 'Directory where your dbt project is located.'
     required: false
+
 runs:
-  using: 'docker'
-  image: 'Dockerfile'
-  args:
-    - dbt-bouncer
-    - --dbt-project-dir
-    - /github/workspace/${{ inputs.dbt-project-dir }}
+  using: 'composite'
+
+  steps:
+    - name: Run dbt-bouncer
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        ${{ github.action_path }}/dist/dbt-bouncer.pex \
+          --dbt-project-dir ${{ inputs.dbt-project-dir }}
diff --git a/dist/dbt-bouncer.pex b/dist/dbt-bouncer.pex
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..905b6feb
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